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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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